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Dickkopf-Related Protein 1 (DKK-1) as a Possible Link between Bone Erosions and Increased Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Psoriatic Arthritis: An Ultrasound Study

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a heterogenous systemic inflammatory disorder that affects peripheral joints and skin, but also causes inflammation at entheseal sites, digits (dactylitis) and the axial skeleton. Despite considerable advances, our understanding of the pathogenesis and management of PsA...

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Autores principales: Biță, Cristina-Elena, Dinescu, Ștefan Cristian, Riza, Anca-Lelia, Ciurea, Paulina Lucia, Mușetescu, Anca Emanuela, Marinescu, Daniela, Dumitrașcu, Roxana Mihaela, Șuiu, Larisa Ionela, Ionescu, Răzvan Adrian, Popoviciu, Horațiu Valeriu, Vreju, Florentin Ananu
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10573344/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37834418
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms241914970
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author Biță, Cristina-Elena
Dinescu, Ștefan Cristian
Riza, Anca-Lelia
Ciurea, Paulina Lucia
Mușetescu, Anca Emanuela
Marinescu, Daniela
Dumitrașcu, Roxana Mihaela
Șuiu, Larisa Ionela
Ionescu, Răzvan Adrian
Popoviciu, Horațiu Valeriu
Vreju, Florentin Ananu
author_facet Biță, Cristina-Elena
Dinescu, Ștefan Cristian
Riza, Anca-Lelia
Ciurea, Paulina Lucia
Mușetescu, Anca Emanuela
Marinescu, Daniela
Dumitrașcu, Roxana Mihaela
Șuiu, Larisa Ionela
Ionescu, Răzvan Adrian
Popoviciu, Horațiu Valeriu
Vreju, Florentin Ananu
author_sort Biță, Cristina-Elena
collection PubMed
description Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a heterogenous systemic inflammatory disorder that affects peripheral joints and skin, but also causes inflammation at entheseal sites, digits (dactylitis) and the axial skeleton. Despite considerable advances, our understanding of the pathogenesis and management of PsA is hampered by its complex clinical expression. We enrolled patients who met the ClASsification for Psoriatic Arthritis (CASPAR) criteria for PsA (n = 17), and healthy controls (n = 13). The lipid profile, C-reactive protein (CRP) and Dickkopf-related protein 1 (DKK-1) circulating levels were measured for all subjects. For the patients with PsA, (1) the erosive character of the articular disease was assessed by a musculoskeletal ultrasound and (2) the cardiovascular risk was evaluated using the Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) chart and the ultrasound measurement of the carotid intima-media thickness. A higher titer of serum DKK-1 was associated with the presence of erosions (p < 0.005) and the cIMT correlated with DKK-1 levels in patients with PsA (r = 0.6356, p = 0.0061). Additionally, we observed a positive correlation between increased cIMT and CRP (r = 0.5186, p = 0.0329). Our results suggest that DKK-1 could be used as an early biomarker for the erosive character of the articular disease and for the assessment of the cardiovascular risk in PsA patients.
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spelling pubmed-105733442023-10-14 Dickkopf-Related Protein 1 (DKK-1) as a Possible Link between Bone Erosions and Increased Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Psoriatic Arthritis: An Ultrasound Study Biță, Cristina-Elena Dinescu, Ștefan Cristian Riza, Anca-Lelia Ciurea, Paulina Lucia Mușetescu, Anca Emanuela Marinescu, Daniela Dumitrașcu, Roxana Mihaela Șuiu, Larisa Ionela Ionescu, Răzvan Adrian Popoviciu, Horațiu Valeriu Vreju, Florentin Ananu Int J Mol Sci Article Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a heterogenous systemic inflammatory disorder that affects peripheral joints and skin, but also causes inflammation at entheseal sites, digits (dactylitis) and the axial skeleton. Despite considerable advances, our understanding of the pathogenesis and management of PsA is hampered by its complex clinical expression. We enrolled patients who met the ClASsification for Psoriatic Arthritis (CASPAR) criteria for PsA (n = 17), and healthy controls (n = 13). The lipid profile, C-reactive protein (CRP) and Dickkopf-related protein 1 (DKK-1) circulating levels were measured for all subjects. For the patients with PsA, (1) the erosive character of the articular disease was assessed by a musculoskeletal ultrasound and (2) the cardiovascular risk was evaluated using the Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) chart and the ultrasound measurement of the carotid intima-media thickness. A higher titer of serum DKK-1 was associated with the presence of erosions (p < 0.005) and the cIMT correlated with DKK-1 levels in patients with PsA (r = 0.6356, p = 0.0061). Additionally, we observed a positive correlation between increased cIMT and CRP (r = 0.5186, p = 0.0329). Our results suggest that DKK-1 could be used as an early biomarker for the erosive character of the articular disease and for the assessment of the cardiovascular risk in PsA patients. MDPI 2023-10-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10573344/ /pubmed/37834418 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms241914970 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Biță, Cristina-Elena
Dinescu, Ștefan Cristian
Riza, Anca-Lelia
Ciurea, Paulina Lucia
Mușetescu, Anca Emanuela
Marinescu, Daniela
Dumitrașcu, Roxana Mihaela
Șuiu, Larisa Ionela
Ionescu, Răzvan Adrian
Popoviciu, Horațiu Valeriu
Vreju, Florentin Ananu
Dickkopf-Related Protein 1 (DKK-1) as a Possible Link between Bone Erosions and Increased Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Psoriatic Arthritis: An Ultrasound Study
title Dickkopf-Related Protein 1 (DKK-1) as a Possible Link between Bone Erosions and Increased Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Psoriatic Arthritis: An Ultrasound Study
title_full Dickkopf-Related Protein 1 (DKK-1) as a Possible Link between Bone Erosions and Increased Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Psoriatic Arthritis: An Ultrasound Study
title_fullStr Dickkopf-Related Protein 1 (DKK-1) as a Possible Link between Bone Erosions and Increased Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Psoriatic Arthritis: An Ultrasound Study
title_full_unstemmed Dickkopf-Related Protein 1 (DKK-1) as a Possible Link between Bone Erosions and Increased Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Psoriatic Arthritis: An Ultrasound Study
title_short Dickkopf-Related Protein 1 (DKK-1) as a Possible Link between Bone Erosions and Increased Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Psoriatic Arthritis: An Ultrasound Study
title_sort dickkopf-related protein 1 (dkk-1) as a possible link between bone erosions and increased carotid intima-media thickness in psoriatic arthritis: an ultrasound study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10573344/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37834418
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms241914970
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